The Sun. — London, England, 1818-04-03 00:00:00

Af ter b 101° old , 10 Jot , roe iii 'ate .i3= , 0 0 tile .; of 'fl vs ; ~t ry )f ~' t' of which would bean issue o f S toc k D e b entures ? T he Earl of LIVERPOOL very prudently declined iniki ng any premature discliosure of the nature of I the Plan intended to be submitted to Parliament. .IjB‘4lldsh tilb ip said a ll t h at was necessary upon the ject, in assuring the House that due notice world " .1 ( 1 be t' given respect i ng it ; and in the mean he held out a salutary caution not to give' c" : 41 t o the vague and idle rumours of the day. 111 the House of Commons no busines-'s of any I "tlanc e was transacted. It was understood al)th it 1 House that b ot h Houses woold -adjourn 1,1 t•" till aft er - t h e approaching nuptials of the le"3 E LIZABETH with the P r i nce o f H ESSE u "BU4GII, which take place on Tuesday next. tb a'Y e xtraordinary rumour is in circulatio t h we cannot give credit. It is said tha Secrc ar n ed of State for Foreign Affairs has rip lit ' l3 Tire Pope to appoint the R e v. -- 4 eb : 114 "). a Bishop. MI. NlAcnoisTALo is a iii °l : ll.C4 llioliC, and a most excellent and exem ikaZtv,lll.4' - residing in Glengarry, in Upper Ca 7 Ih er : W '4l(here he officiates as a Priest. It is fur -1) that two or three additional Catholic 1 11 it es , 1 : a , p re arpoirred to assist Mr. MACDONALD ; 101, Upper C ana d a is a Protestant Colony, the Dio cese o f T he Bishop of Quebec, and 11- 11(1t 1 ill any M anner d epen d ent on the P op i sh 4 4 ,: rarc hY of L ow e r C anada, we trust there is not trath what ev e r in this report. The p "114 will find, from the interesting and kl,4.lll.arit TABLE r e sp ect i ng t h e S tate o f t h e P OOR , • ki ; cl We h ave i nserted this day, that, not with bit'tiog the tedions and vexatious clamours of Government will not be diverted due attention to the business of the Colin -14; a nd as the condition of the Poor,, and the eth i c sl4 of relievi ng them, are at present subjects minds part of the () opy the of a great rv ' e, we feel particular pleasure in the oppor -1144 Y of presenting it to our Readers. SHIP NEWS. " l 'woUT APRIL 2.—Passed down Channel 4ttp ; "' ) 4 .Lie, WARD, and Henry Porcher, ANSTICE, it t ht 4M i 4 . Arrived' the Alexander, CUMMINGS, %; 1-1 4 trbic e ; sailed the 29th January ; left the iwh e t ' Ili Ina, pAlty, loading, and was to sail in Fe gav4tti. The Pv-ren4es, WELSH, arrived yester o; "" u us Sierr a Leone ; sailed the 29th January the 2 G-th March, when off Scilly, shipped a 1 1, 4 :7". which stove in her bulwarks—saw se - Th A llittt -t of wrecks in the Chop s o f t h e Ch anne l. e % t t. Hill, CRAWFOR D , o f Li verpoo l, a ttitg.( at Sierr a L eone t h e d ay b e f ore t h e Py -4:l—s sailed; hiving been plundered by a brig ;ill, S panish colours, on the coast, of all her el:; ) "f* ivory, provisions, ropes, sails, sail -8(e. &c.. on the sth and gth of January. hr, l" '"elf, AP RIL 2.—Arrived the Lord N e l son 4:l:et Tel a mail from H o ll an d ; an d E c li pse i t "t with ditto from Gottenburgh. , 1 4 .44Tmourtr, AP RIL —Arrived the Cata ti) rtitct4Ps, jti SG days, from Rio Janeiro. 'Lk l b ,. 1/.4 . APRIL 2.—Passed by this port the ij kIt .S . MITII, from Wilmington for Rotterdam, t It a 4 he Boxer, CoPLAND, from New York for -• • 11 4k.: - ' (; ATer APRIL 2.—Sailed the Eff or t, FAR 'tilt'. sti l l Amelia, JoNr...s, for the Medit e r ranean . ati~ el hb dy (.f a man, apparently a Master of a i l l has been pi c k e d up this morning on the °.l' " l shore; •his linen marked " W. BIGGs." Nt• k 't: ltr day Viscount Met-riLt.e, Sir GEORGE ~r t ilt,t tu t, and Sir TuomAs NlAltrtN, tile Comp !"t h ' t ut the Navy Board, left town to inspect )4til"'Wolks and improvements in the Duck , It: Chatha m and Slreeness• k_ 4 ilft e s hips for the Arctic Regions were to have i 7 ti t ,: Yesterday from Deptford, but were prevent t.tung north- eas t er ly winds. Every thin g :V 4 g: Y for t h e i r depart , tre, which is momentarily titkllilttrY da mornin • the Dukes of Y ORK an d 4110,,,and r r i n f e of HESSE HoMBERG, visit ttkvt4;,llAJESTY at' the Queen's Palace. 'the Zet 1 "° 1. GLoUCESTER dined with her MAJESTY t ''qt : ,,,, t4 Y• In the evening her MAJESTY had a rif t y, t ‘Pt tet(L lY Earl LIVERPOOL and Viscount CA 9. , (: 4 L , 4 1 4 4 bad audiences of the PRINCE REGENT, "4 ;Lerter o f t h e R ev. R OBERT BURNS to the rtis"r:Cua.t.matts, on th e distinctive Charac fint,(if nit) Protestant and Roman Catholic Reli ot4;')ceßSioned by t h e latter's Sermon for the It h , ( of the Hiber n i an S oc i ety, has attracted q ,lze neral attention. tg) 4 e t are sor r y to l earn that CuitisTorit ea IDLE, 1 1 m e of the Members W ers for eymouth, has 1 lung indisposed, and has been some lime at rtir J lidge for the recovery of his !malt!). IDeLtinuas-r, Si, W. D. GORDON, an d i ll d Davis, are at this tune actisely engaged ,':oteassing the freemen of Worcester. lic:lLLio Dve.—A chemist of Copenhagen has .covered a brilliant yellow matter for dyeing, in „atoe tops. The mode of obtaining it is, by :::"It'ing th e ton when in flower, and bruising and B(fog.it to extract the juice. Linen or woollen tolieek d in this liquor, during 48 hours, takes a ',. 50 1id, and permanent yellow. If the cloth (14i'lrltertraids plunged in a blue dye, it then ac ts a beautiful permanent green colour. FOR THE SUN. Bunkers Hill, Deal, April t, 1818. . _ Nin...EDITOR,---In a Letter in your Paper on Tuesday last, signed " 7'rott Major," the names of the Recorder and Mayor of Deal being re quired, I acquaint you, that Mr. EVANCE, the Police Magistrate, of Union Hall, is Recorder of Deal, but whether that Gentleman is a Magis trate of this place or of the County I cannot tell. Mr. EvAitcE 'is personally and intimately ac quainted with " Mr. Troll," who occasionally.ex hibits his powers at our Theatre, as an actor of great weight, and doubtless derives from him as much information of the politics and police of Deal as he thinks requisite to gocem his advice to the Mayor upon important occasions, Mr. 7'rott having the means of touch local knowledge. The Mayor, whose conduct was so properly noticed in the defence of Mr. RoßlLLtAtin, the gallant Officer of the Severn, at the late Maidstone As sizes, is Mr. Edward Iggulden, Agent at Deal to the Ihmourable East India Company, and proprie tor of three-fourths of the public-houses in Deal. He is also Treasurer to the Society here, called the Deal Boatmen's Society, a society of the most dis interested nature, callin 4 itself a BENEFIT Society. The Article, No. 4, is really verbatim as follows: " If any Deal boat should get a ship in the Downs, and the Captain of that ship should want anchors or cables, or to go to an harbour,—and if the Captain of the ship and the hones crew cannot agree n iespect to the job, then 71.0 other ipiat's crew in Deal is to inteVere at all." 1 consider it fortunate that Mr. BENNETT, the surgeon, who ,gave such important evidence at Maidstone, has with hiS family quitted this town; undoubtedly he, would be 'expo.ed to great hazard in the state of our present police. Many of the respectable inhabitants are in hopes that Govern ment will at once open its eves to the absolute necessity of appointing an independent Magis tracy and a strict Marine Police, to administer the Laws, and protect all iron► lawless violence.' We have not a single watchman in this popu lons town, and are all afraid openly to demand protection of the Ciovernt:ient, which cannot he ignorant of our situation, particularly if our worthy Recorder has communicated :he glaring facts which every one here has witnessed within the last twelve months. I lope some Member of the [louse of Commons %vitt move for an en quiry into our present 'state; in every point of view it is important 1 am, Sir, Yours, &c. AN OLD CUSTOM HOUSE OFFICER. GERMAN UNIVERSITIES. The following account is given of the present state of the German Universities : Place:. Religion. Vienna Prague Berlin Breslau Students. 957 600 Halle Protestant Greifswalde 500 Landshut 640 Wurtzlaugh Erlangen Leipzlg GiStiingen 911 Tubingen Heidelberg Freibtr g 303 275 Marburg Giessen Jena Rostock . 159 Tints, instead of the 36 Universities which existed pre viously to 1802, there are now but 19, of Which 5 are Catholic, 2 mixed, and the rest Protestant. The total number of Stu dents is about 8,500, which, taking the population of all Germany at 291 millions, is about 288 fur every million. CORN EXCHANGE, APRIL 3.-IVe had large ar rivals this morning, principally with foreign Oats and Whe4t, and although there was no great deal of business doing, the pi ices are full as high as. on Monday. Fine Barley supports its price. In Pease and Beans there is no material alteration. There have been in Glasgow three Concerts this winter. The first grand Concert of Sacred Music took place tit Edinburgh last month. These Concerts are well supported. The new Chortis Singers have greatly improved, and we hav e n o doubt but that this delightful science will now be extensively cultivated throughout Scotland. As a further proof Of the increase of the Trade of the Port of Glasgow, it appears that the Toll Dues of the Forth and Clyde Navigation for 1817, amounted to. 38,6371. 3s. 10d., which in 1816 were only 31,795/. 12s. id. Yesterday ai Mr. JOHN SCHLYER, of Mile-end, was in the act of climbing over the paling to get into his garden, be happened to slip off, and fall ing on his bead dislocated his neck ; he was car ried immediately to the London Hospital, where Ire expired. Yesterday morning an old man, carter to Mr. Parish, of Edmonton, crossing the road, going to his work, was run down by a cr.rt that happened to be passing; at the time, when one of the wheels went over his head, and killed him on the spot. EXECUTION.—On Saturday were executed' at Northampton, pursuant to their sentence at the late Assizes, James Cobbet and George Wilkin, for uttering forged notes, purporting to be notes of the Bank of England. At the place of exe cution they behaved in a manner becoming their unhapry situation. They persevered in denying to the very last, having any know ledge of the notes being forged, stating that they bad taken them in payment for a horse at Redbourn Fair, of Mr. Wenman, a dealer in Lon don. The concourse assembled to witness the awful scene was far more numerous than might have been expected, from its being gene rally known that interest was being used to obtain a commutation of their sentence. ENGLISH OPERA; Mr. MATnEws, driven from .the Patent Thea tre, or disgusted into resignation, last night ap peared at this Theatre with a new entertainment of his Own. The talents, the humour, and the versatility of this Actor naturally excited general curiosity, and the house, as might be expected, was entirely hill. We cannot enter into a de scription of his whimsiCal and most diverting Olio, but we fan assure the public, that the chief•dan ger to..which they will be exposed is that of in juring their riible.museles by an uninterrupted ex- Mr. MATHhws opened the business by shortly stating his attachment to the regular drama, and to SuAkSPEARE, and observing among other reasons for quitting it, that he wished to avoid the suspicion of alluding to pat ticolar indi viduals in his representation of the peculiarities of several bodies, as characters had been written for hint chiefly to give scope to his mimetic powers, and ae more might be written for hint with the same view, he was desirous of avoiding the sits picion of being merely a mimic. Of this Su-Pi don, however, lie need not be apprehensive, as it is well known that he is one of our best Comic Actors, and in that capacity would have done honour to the Stage at uny period within our long experience. Mr. MN THEWS then proceeded to en ter tainitis audience with songs, imitations, &e. &c. the whole constituting a most facetious miscel lany, which kept the audience •in a continual , laugh from the beginning to the end. In the course of his entertainment, he had same shrewd hits at the public Journals, and THE SUN did not escape a sarcastic lash on being an - Evening Paper. The whole, - however, of these strictures were so jocose, that he must be anvils:l and splenetic in deed who could be - offended, or who did not join . the laugh. Altogether, the public have very sel dom had an Opportunity of witnessing so agree able a melange; certainly never from an individual, and its general merit is likely to be so attractive, that it is perfectly needless for us to express our hearty wishes for his success. NEV Ai USICAL FUND. We never witnessed so large a company as at tended the Anniversary Dinner of this laudable Institution yesterday at Freemasons' Hall. All the tables were completely full. The Duke of SOS.E3C took the Chair, and on several occasions addressed the company, but never lost sight of the main purpose of the meeting, which was to blend festivity with benevolence. His Royal Highness, with a very agreeable mixture of sen sibility and'humour, recommended the Institution to the patronage of the company ; and though it was expressly stated that no Collection should be made after dinner, yet we are happy to find that a large voluntary contribution was made. As soon as the dinner concluded, Non nobis Domino Was sung'by BELLAMY, HAWES, LEETE, EVANS, and other well known Performers, who severally gratified the company with other vocal exertions In the course of the evening. Several of the vocal efforts. were .encored, particularly Bct.t.astst's imitation of the Italian School of Singing, an admirable performance, " Bacchns is a jolly God; the words of which were Previously recited by Sir GEORGB SMART, who presided at the Pianoforte with his usual taste. A whimsical Parliamentary Catch, beginr•ting " Mr. Speaker," was also en cored. The Royal Chairman gave the usual toasts in honour ofthe Royal Family,expr•essing his wish, aftt r proposing that for the health of our venerable Sovereign, and paying a doe tribute to his virtues, that it might be drank in silence, a wish which was solemnly observed. AmOng the toasts was•' " Mrs. BILLINGTON, the St. Cecilia of England," %Om had 'been one of the most liberal supporters of the Institution in. former times, by the exer tions Of her great powers on its annual Concerts, as well as by pecuniary contributions. We have not room to dilate On the events of the clay, but we must not omit noticing that the health of Mr. SMART, sett., the Founder and Treasurer of the Institution, was given from the Chair with an appropriate tribute to his professional and private tact its. He returned thanks, with modest brevity, for the applause with which the toast was teceived. 'Fire Duke of Sussex did not leave the Chair till near eleven o'clock, and his parting roast was the health of the Ladies who had attended in 'the gallery. The company then broke up, after a day passed in gaiety, but " salutary Mirth," in which the best Icelint:s of the heart were mingled with social and convivial humour. INSOLVENT DEM ORs' COURT. FOR THE SUN. Mrt.Enuron,—lf your nameless Correspondent, who has said so lunch against certain nameless agents of this Court, will apply to the Commis sioner for executing the Act, and state his com plaint, it will find a remedy. The business of bringing up debtors, in order to be discharged, is so insignificant, that it requires no reghlar bred and admitted Attorney, whose peculiar province is to prosecute and defend suits. Any . man (Or woman either) can fill up notices and schedules, printed in blank, whether he be a broken mer chant or trader, a bankrupt or a white-washer, in jail or out of one, as well and sufficiently as the Attornies, who, though not excluded, may be equally exceptionable in regard to sense, honour, and honesty. Among these agents, your Corre spOndent himself, for ought they know to the contrAry, may class as one, and consequently, front some disappointment or other, may be pro-.. coked to censure them for malfeasance. This may be surmised by ill-nature, though falsified by truth ; butlet him, to avoid the imputation, apply in person, to Mr. Serjeant Runningtou on the sub ject, when I am certain his well-intended pur poses will be answered to his entire satisfaction. A SERJEANT AT LAW. POLAR ICR.---The following postscript is added to the journal of the brig Jemima, which sailed last summer from London to Labrador, on the Moravian mission :—The Captain and Mate re- . port, that though for these three.yeats past they have met with an unusual quantity of ice on the coast of Labrador, yet in no year since the com mencement of the mission, in 1769, has it ap peared so dreadfully on'tho increase. • APPREHENSION OF HUSSEY. This man, the supposed murderer of Mr. BIRD and his Housekeeper, was apprehended, as we stated yesterday, on Wednesday, at a farm, near Woodstock, in Oxfordshire. While in de tention there he took an opportunity to throw away a ring and a watch, but as it was suspect ed that he had concealed something, the place into which he threw it was searched, and the ring and the watch were found, He was brought to town yesterday evening, and was sent front Bow-street immediately to tb.e I-louse of Cor rection, iu Cold Bath-fields. We understand that another ring was found in one of his boots. The examination at Bow-street was a very short one; no witnesses were in attendance, and the committal is till Thursday next. It was about five that Hussey was brought up. His answers to the few quest i ons as k e d hi m cons i sted i n a denial of his guilt, and an assertion that he found the watch and rings. It was Vickery who stripped him, and founil the second ring. A publican or kVoodstock, who is also a constable, knew Hits• sey from the description given by an Officer, who was searching for him. The publican, on look ing for him in the town, saw him conic out of a public-house, and go towards the fields ; he was pursued, and taken in a farm-yard, near the town. FURTHER PARTICULAttS.—PreViOnS to Hussey . * being apprehended, he offered a note to be changed, and on the landlord asking hint his name, he told hint that it was Charles Hussey, which name in stantly entered into the mind of the landlord that he must be tl►e supposed murderer of Mr. Bird and his-Housekeeper, when a constable was sent for, and lie was diet) secured, and both came with Hussey to town. During the whole of the journey lie was extremelystillen; and spoke but little. On his being searched, some duplicates were found on hint, from which it appeared, that- he had pledged part of the property supposed to belong to Mr. Bird, at a pawn-broker's in Tottenham Court-road. On Hussey being asked how he became possessed of the property, he said that he observed a person to throw a bundle over the back part of the prem . ses of Mr. Bird, which l►e picked up ; the property which Ile bad pawned was pledged in the name of Charles Hussey. A ring was also found se creted in One of his boots. ALGIERS. HAMBURG!!, MARCH 26.—We have received the following letter from Algiers, by way of Mar seilles : " Algiers, February -25. " The state of things here becomes worse and more dreadful every day. The plague continues to rage in a terrible manner. This distemper, of which above 50 persons die daily in the city, lasts in general only 24 hours, without any previous indisposition, without having felt any symptoms of the disease ; other persons frequently fall .vic tims of death from the infected air, and the use of unu holesome food. " '[lie plague rages also in the neighbourhood of Algiers, and farther in the interior of the coun try. To this we may add a mortality among the cattle. Besides these dreadful scourges we have other sufferings. " His Highness the Dey causes daily, an(l without respect to persons, people to be arrested, executed, or hb.nished, and giaciously seizes oti their property. Every - body is so terrified here- that people pretty openly express the wish that some foreign squadron would make its appearance, and some Christian Power or other make itself masters of this state of pirates. " Of the Militia the third part is killed, ha nished, or has deserted great discontent prevails among the remainder. The Dey, however, in creases the number of his body guard by blacks, and has planted before his castle a strong line of 24. bounders, which command the city. " Several magnificent buildings are erecting for the Dey and his family. In the midst of time ge neral misery, his highness frequently amuses hitnself'ivirh balls, and causes the neighbourhood of his rushee to resound with music. The un happy ini,abitatits, particularly the rich JewS, have been obliged to pay a contribution of 11)0,000 piastres, and twelve of the most beautiful girls of time latter : some have, however,•ransomed them selves for differeut sums, from 4,000 to 8,000 piastres. " Sonic of the principal Arabian tribes in the interior of ihe country are in a state of insutrec lion. and it is likely that others will follow their example, as the Algerine Government is in want of means to reduce them to obedience. May the insurrection extend hither P' Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Three Crowns, City-road,. before J. W. UNKIN, Esq. on the body of Edward Wagstaff, aged 18, a miniature painter. It appeared from the evidvnee of Mr. George Weighton, who hOlds a situation in the Post Office, and Catherine Hargrave, his ser vant, that the deceased lodged in the house of the former, and occupied an apartment on the first floor. For Want of other employment he exhibited birds in Peerless-place. Ou Tuesday evening last he went out, saying he was going to Paddington to see a friend ; on his return he went to bed, and in the morning he was found dead. He was observed lately to be very low ; the wit nesses were of opinion that the deceased died through weakness or fatigue. The body not having been opened, the Jut y doubted whether he came to his death in a natural way, and the Inquest was accordingly adjourned. Yesterday an Inquest was held before the same Coroner, at the House of Correction, Coldbath fields, on the body of Elizabeth Nl•Donald, aged 72 —Mary Smith deposed, she acted as nurse to the deceased, in the Infirmary, where she had been two months ; she had proper diet, and she never complairted of ill treatment ; she had no friends. Wm. Hassal, Clerk of the Prison, said, the deceased was sent from Newgate on the 21st of December, 1816, having been condemned to death, but was respited and ordered to he confined for life. Thos..Webbe, surgeon, said, the deceased became feeble, and he ordered her into the lofir wary ; she had proper nourishment, and died of a decay of nature. Verdict—" Died by the visi tation of God." Phbfid